Girl-Mom founder and publisher Bee Lavender talks about the experience of becoming a teen parent, and why she started this site:

One cold, clear night in the spring of 1990 I let myself into my parents' home, quietly walked through the house without turning on the lights, and taped a note to the bathroom window. It read: "I'm pregnant. I'm sorry."

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We do not encourage childless teens to follow our path; face it, it's a tough path. But we encourage all teens who wake to the call of "mama!" before dawn breaks to do all that they can to empower themselves and nurture their children. We encourage those who, through their own choices and free will, have evolved from Girl to Girl-Mom.

The girls who frequent this site are intelligent, strong, compassionate, socially aware, politically active, and eternally nurturing.

Together, we will change the face of "teen parenthood."

- Today I took him to the park, and I'm still energetic and agile enough to run around and climb the monkey bars with him!

- I know I won't hurt myself like my mom used to if I roll around on the floor having a tickle fight!

-I'll still be super young when they are adults

- When they're teenagers I'll just be out of my 20's and I'll still remember what it's like to be young and confused. My mom never did.

- I have the energy now to be rough and tumble.